Five Myths and Misconceptions about Pakistan

Late last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said there was no evidence that Pakistani officials had known that Osama bin Laden lived undetected blocks from the country’s equivalent to West Point. But after the al-Qaeda leader was killed in Abbottabad on May 1, others were skeptical. “How could they not know?” said Sen. John Kerry “Did nobody have some questions about who the hell was living behind those walls?”

In the war on terrorism, where does Pakistan’s loyalty lie? If this nation is our ally, why can’t we trust it? To answer these questions, let’s first tackle some widespread misconceptions about a troubled country torn between the Taliban and the West.

Rafah border crossing closed by Egypt on the Day of Naksa

Gaza : Angry Palestinians have protested on the Rafah terminal after Egypt shut the border crossing with Gaza for the first time since Egypt's new military government has declared that the Rafah crossing will remain open permanently.

Palestinian border officials said three buses filled with 180 passengers had waited several hours to cross the border at Rafah, the Hamas-ruled territory's gateway to Egypt, and some of those waiting responded by forcing the gate open.

Two Nato troops killed in southern Afghanistan

Kandahar : The US-led coalition said Two of their troops were killed in a in separate insurgent attacks Friday in the south Afghanistan. 

The coalition did not disclose further details of the deaths or the troops’ nationalities. The statements on the latest fatalities were released late Friday and Saturday.

More than 200 Nato troops have died so far this year in Afghanistan.

India warns Pakistan over any new terror attacks

SINGAPORE: A top defence official has warned that India would likely retaliate if another terror attack on its soil is linked to members of Pakistan’s security apparatus.

Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said at a regional security conference in Singapore on Saturday that self-restraint would be hard to justify to the Indian people if there were another attack similar to the one in Mumbai in 2008.

Pakistani Taliban Attack on border check post Clues Nato Backing

Dir, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban asserted responsibility Friday for a cross-border attack on a security check post according to Reuters this appeared to signal that the group is Nurtured and Backed by some foreign hand in carrying out large-scale attacks on government and army targets from Nato controlled Afghanistan.

Egypt limits crossings at Gaza border

Palestinian Children At Gaza Border

GAZA:  Egypt government ruled by Army has reimposed restrictions Wednesday on the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah crossing, days after permanently opening the border point in a move to ease Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

Hatem Aweidah, who is in charge of border crossings for the Hamas government in Gaza, said that Egyptian officials had set a limit of 350 to 400 travelers who would be granted entry each day, on the grounds that border personnel could not handle more.